Enhanced stormwater features including biofiltration basins along the west curb line and a biofiltration median from Olive Street to Alpine Avenue

Additional trees and landscaping on west side of Wilson Drive

New street lighting

The estimated cost of the approved design concept was $2,971,535.80. The project will be funded through a number of sources including general obligation borrowing, sewer utility revenue, MMSD Green Solutions grant funding and WisDOT Local Road Improvement Funding.

Village Board Moves Forward with Hybrid/Greenway Road Design

On July 10th the Village Board unanimously voted to memorialize their commitment to conserving the west side of Wilson Drive, eliminating options for future commercial or residential development. And after nearly four hours of public input and discussion, they voted to instruct the engineers to further designs on the hybrid/greenway alternative that shows a 41-foot road width with boulevards on each end. The engineers shall further review parking needs surrounding the businesses; evaluate adding southbound bus pullouts; further evaluate large emergency vehicle access; and, incorporate pedestrian islands at each intersection. Once those are complete, a second Public Information Meeting will be scheduled in September to reveal 60% plans.

June 29, 2017 Public Information Meeting

Thursday June 29, 2017, GRAEF engineering firm presented information on road design best practices, a traffic study they conducted, and two alternatives that address the Wilson Drive Task Force concerns, interests and priorities. Each alternative meets road, bike, and pedestrian safety best practices and addresses the task force priorities.

Public Comments Received after June 29, 2017 Public Meeting

Many thanks to all who submitted comments after the public meeting on June 29th, 2017. All comments were provided to the Village Board July 7th and are available in the Public Information Meeting Comments (PDF).

Traffic Video Link from Existing Traffic Counts, April 2017: View in Media Player. It takes a moment to load.

The simulation represents operations during the PM peak hour. The 30 southbound lefts at Congress are for the entire peak hour from 5:00 to 6:00 PM for the design year. The simulation moves to Congress at about 45 seconds into the video, during the next minute, there is only 1 car that turns left at Congress, which would appear to be correct as 30 cars per hour would represent 1 car every 2 minutes.

Previous Activity

The Wilson Drive Task Force presented their work to the Village Board on January 3, 2017. Thereafter, the Village Board approved a contract with Graef to provide design and engineering services for the 2018 road reconstruction. An Open House is scheduled for Thursday, June 29, 2017, at 6:00 p.m. at the Village Center. The consultant will give a brief presentation at 6:15 p.m. and will have stations set up for discussion after. We encourage the community to stop by and let us know what you think.

While all of the meeting materials are provided below, some key materials generated over the past year are provided separately for easier access.

Conceptual Road Designs Report, November 2016

The completed consultants report that shows various road design scenarios is now available. The report provides a summary of the work groups concerns, interests and ideas, developed over a year with public input throughout and four road scenarios. It also provides funding opportunities and other helpful information. Take a look at the Wilson Drive Conceptual Planning Report (PDF).

Steering Committee Presentation, January 3, 2017

The Wilson Drive Steering Committee chairs presented a summary of the task force work over the past year. The Village Board will see a presentation by the consultant on the road concept designs on January 17th. See the steering committee's presentation (PDF).

Open House Event a Success, June 2016

The June 15, 2016 Open House Event was a great success!. Thanks to all for coming out and sharing your ideas. Over 140 comment sheets were submitted that night and each work group station was busy answering questions. Public comments were transcribed and may be viewed (PDF).

Background

In June 2015 the Village Board approved the creation of a Wilson Drive Community Task Force based on a framework presented by the Village Board Strategic Initiatives Committee. The task force will be charged with producing a product with specific recommendations that could be examined, tested, and illuminated through alternative design scenarios.

Village Board Presentation July 11, 2016

Trustee Paul Zovic, who chairs the Strategic Initiatives Committee, gave a presentation reviewing the task force framework, status, and summary of public input to date. View /DocumentCenter/View/3647.

Task Force Organization

The Wilson Drive Task Force will consist of one Steering Committee and four Work Groups. The Steering Committee has 13 members, 7 appointed from the community at-large, 4 from Shorewood citizen committees and 2 Village Board members. Each Work Group has 6 members from the community at-large. Read more about the Task Force Organization.

Open House June 15, 2016

Open House June 15, 2016

Work Group Meeting- development table 4/27/16

Steering Comm, Work Groups and Public -4/27/16

Steering Comm/Work Groups/Public meeting 3/23/16

Work Group table 3/23/16

Steering Comm, Work Groups and Public before breakout sessions 2/24/16

April 27, 2016 meeting materials (PDF): contains open house suggested format, instructions on how to use bubble diagram, cost of advertising June open house event, stakeholder list and potential guest speaker list.

May 11, 2016 meeting materials (PDF): contains information on posters and format of the June 15th scheduled open house event. There's also a proposed scope of services for a traffic study that will be discussed.

July 27, 2016 meeting materials (PDF): contains a list of concerns and interests from the workgroups, public comments from the open house and all other written public comments and activity summary for the next two months.

Volunteer Process

Volunteer applications were due October 9, 2015, with postcards mailed to 6,898 households. The Village Board Strategic Initiatives Committee interviewed for the Steering Committee and the Village Board appointed members.